Tired boy

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My son who is 3.8 y.o. has been doing traditional ABA since last June

and now S/P for the last seven weeks. He is in therapy with me from

8:30-11:30, TEACCH program from 12-3p, then he comes home and we do

therapy with a tutor from 4:30-6:30pm and then sometimes I do another

hour after that. Our problem is he has always been a " power napper " . I

don't want him to nap anymore because he's proven if he does he'll stay

up till midnight. He's pretty low functioning although his echoic and

imitation are pretty good and receptive is starting to come along but

all of our program is very basic. My long way around the fence here is

regarding number of hours and quality of hours. I just started two days

ago doing more of a " fun/floortime/NET " approach during the 4:30-6:30

time with the tutors. He's always very whinny during that time because

he's so tired and would LOVE to sleep. In some ways I feel like I'm

wasting valuable tutor time and money however I don't know how

productive he is anyhow during that time. He's lucky now to get 30

hours of therapy in addition to his school time. The school is

supplementing what I'm doing at home. They have his program and throw

it in throughout his three hours there. I'm just concerned that this

may not be enough hours but I don't know where to get more and I

certainly don't have anymore money...that left a long time ago. So I'm

just trying to get advice from you " experts " out there. Is this the

right path to take with a child who still so desperately needs a nap but

cannot have one anymore? I really don't want him up being rowdy till

midnight. I could use some suggestions.

Thanks for your help.

Penny